Horse-collar pad.



M. TAFFNER.

HORSE COLLAR PAD.

APPLICATION TILED snr'r. so, 1900.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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HORSE COLLAR PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. so. 1906.

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MARTIN TAFFNER, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

HORSEJJOLLAR PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1909.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911. Serial No. 520,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, hlAn'riN (llavrxnn, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of \Vaterloo, Blackhawk county,

lowa, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovemcnts inlElorsc-(lollar Pads, of which the 'liollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvemcnts in horse-collar pads, and theobject o'lf my improvement is to furnish an easily 't'ormed padconstructed to tit about the neck and over the shoulders of a horse onthe under side of a collar, the pad being made to lit by the peculiarcut of its parts when united together properly.

This object I have acctmiplished by the means which are hereinafterfully described and claimed, and which are illustrated in theaccon'ipanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of acompleted pad, whose parts are connected medially to hang upon the neckof a horse. l ig. 2 is a perspective view of said pad, arranged todisplay the peculiar form and roll thcrcolf'. Fig. 3 is a view of one ofthe outer covering pieces used on the pad shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. t isa view of one of the inner covering pieces used on the same pad. Fig. 5is a side elevation of one of the smaller or side pads, t'ori'ning oneof a pair not connected together. Fig. (3 is an edge view of the padshown in Fig. 5, displaying its peculiar reversed roll. F 7 is a plan ofone of the coverin pieces of the pad shown in .liig. 5, while Fig. 8 isa plan view of the other covering piece of the same pad.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

I seek, in my in'iproved pad, to effect my object of properly forming itby the simplestmeans. This is in uniting at their overlapped edges thecovering pieces a. and Z) to form the double pad shown in F 1, and thepieces (Z and e to form the other pad shown in Fig. 5. In the pad. 0,which is formed of the single pieces a and Z), whose like members 1 and2, and 3 and 4-, respectively, are alike in each case, or rather formsimilar ends extending oppositely from the middle in each case, the padis intended to be passed over a horses neck and lie under a collar towhich it is removably secured by means ol its s nking-clips 'lhc pad isslotted with any suitable padding and may he quilted as shown itdesired, the edges being formed into a roll. 'lhe side pad is tormcd ina similar way From the pieces 1/ and w. each of the latter being of thesame l'orm as the corresponding end of the pieces 1/ and 1 respectively.The pad 7', however, is. as shown. made to lit under one side of ahorse-collar, to which it may be rcmovably attached by means ofspring-clips The essence of my invention resides in the peculiar cut ofthe coveririg-pieces (a and I), or 1/ and 1', respectively, whereby,when their edges are united together, to :torm a sack, and the sack thenstutl'ed and llal'tcned out, the pad thus 'lormed will have a peculiarand necessary contour adapting it for use in fitting about the neck of ahorse under a collar. 'lhis contour may be best seen in the views inFigs, 2 and (3, wherein is shown the pccular hclicoidal form of the pad.A twist is imparted to the pad by reason of the uniting ot the edges ofthe covering-pieces made in the forms shown, when the stulling has beendone and the pad 'llattened out by the ('iperator. Since the piece (I isof larger dimensions than the piece c, certain of the edges oil saidpiece (I are bent over upon the piece before being connected by means ofseams to the edges of the smaller piece 0, which affects a removal ofthese seams from the edges of the pad thereby formed. with a. preventionot incidental friction to the neclt and shoulders ol? the animal.

The construction involves a considerable saving of labor over the usualmethod of forming such pads, and consequent economy of cost.

llaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A pad, composed of large and small covering-picccs, the longer sides ofthe large piece having approximatcly parallel curves, its one end beingstr: 'ght at nearly equal angles to the curved sides, the other endbeing straight and meeting the concave side at less than a right angle,a reentrant angle a body having a permanent helical twist, joining theother end of the latter straight substantially as shown and described. I10 side with the convex side, the smaller piece Signed at Vaterloo,Iowa, this 13th day being similarly formed and without any reof Sept,1909.

entrant angle, said pieces having their edges MARTIN TAFFNER. united,the intervening space having been Vitnesses: previously stuffed withsome suitable pad- G. G. KENNEDY, ding, and the whole suitably quilted,to form O. D. YOUNG.

